“Malian Spiderman” Who Scaled Building To Save Child In France Honoured At BET Awards {Photos}

Mamoudou Gassama , the Malian immigrant who scaled an apartment building in Paris to save the life of a dangling 4 - year- old last month , was honoured at the 2018 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sunday night in Los Angeles, California.

The 22 - year - old received a humanitarian award alongside Anthony Borges, James Shaw Jr . , Justin Blackman , Naomi Wadler , and
Shaun King.

The “ Spider - Man Parisian ” has since been granted a French citizenship by French President Emmanuel Macron , and was also offered an enrollment to be a firefighter at the French fire service with a pay of 600 euros monthly for his humanitarian gesture.